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as in bright
having qualities which inspire hope
this may be your golden moment to impress a baseball scout, so don't blow it
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as in round
marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones
sang in a golden alto that filled the concert hall
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as in thriving
marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically
the golden age of industrialization
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as in blond
of a pale yellow or yellowish brown color
a golden Labrador
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as in promising
pointing toward a happy outcome
that new job is a golden opportunity
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Recent Examples of golden
So are detection beagles (again, not a joke, known as the Beagle Brigade) that, unlike their golden laissez faire cousins, are quite concerned.
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Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2026
Soon my entire feed was pugs and poodles and beagles and portmanteau blends with absurd names like golden doodle and cavapoo.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
The golden goal was abolished in 2004 by the International Football Association Board after negative feedback from coaches, referees and players.
—Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 11 June 2026
The high heat accentuates the natural sweetness of the onions and still gives them that pleasantly toasty and golden color and texture, just with a little less fuss than caramelizing onions on a stovetop, which requires regular stirring.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2026
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Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 12 June 2026
Soon my entire feed was pugs and poodles and beagles and portmanteau blends with absurd names like golden doodle and cavapoo.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
The golden goal was abolished in 2004 by the International Football Association Board after negative feedback from coaches, referees and players.
—Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 11 June 2026
The high heat accentuates the natural sweetness of the onions and still gives them that pleasantly toasty and golden color and texture, just with a little less fuss than caramelizing onions on a stovetop, which requires regular stirring.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for golden
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Ex-Arsenal player Héctor Bellerín wore bright pink on the Louis Vuitton catwalk in 2019, while Real Madrid’s Eduardo Camavinga walked for Balenciaga in 2022.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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Deneb is the brightest star in the constellation Cygnus the Swan.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2026
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After gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the country had tried and failed to make FIFA’s global jamboree on seven occasions, three times coming within one match (or round) of a place in the tournament.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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The train departs from the Santa Fe Depot and traces the Arkansas River on a 24-mile round-trip journey through granite cliffs, some of which stretch more than 1,000 feet above the tracks.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
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My nervous system, apparently, was not exactly thriving.—
Rachel Ingram,
Robb Report,
7 June 2026
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Is every city neighborhood as safe and thriving as ours?—
Peter Jensen,
Baltimore Sun,
3 June 2026
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Haaland, a 6-foot-5 striker who pulls his blond hair into a signature tight ponytail, has been central to that success, having scored more than 100 goals in four seasons.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
10 June 2026
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The queen of the blonde beach babes!—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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The chemistry has therefore emerged as a promising option for large-scale energy storage, where cost, resource availability, and operational reliability are critical factors.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
7 June 2026
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Next to him is the promising 21-year-old Alex Freeman, the son of a former NFL wide receiver whose athleticism is off the charts but feel for the game is still a work in progress.—
Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
7 June 2026
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The German government acknowledged the companies’ inability to cooperate on the jet but, speaking at the Berlin Air Show this week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz struck an optimistic tone, looking ahead to what the countries could still achieve with the rest of the FCAS project.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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Pickens’ answer to the Star-Telegram seemed less optimistic.—
Nick Harris
June 11,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
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On the other, giving up 24 goals in a five-game loss to a team that immediately forgets how to score and gets swept isn’t exactly a ringing endorsement of a team being close to contending.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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There is performance and rage, humor and babies, bell ringing and escape rooms.—
Erica Firpo,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
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In a country as prosperous as Switzerland, one could be forgiven for asking, Enough of what?—
Jessi Jezewska Stevens,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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In the long run, the best-case scenario is that these companies are financial successes and make many of us prosperous in turn.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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“Golden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/golden. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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